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Let's pretend for a little, and say that Gore were President now....

Hmmmm, DefRef, you don't choose to respond to any of my points but instead resort to being sarcastic. Interesting strategy. Are you by chance 6 years old?
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- Post #11
- Jul 7, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Let's pretend for a little, and say that Gore were President now....

Warning: long post (waiting for KDE to compile: that's some slow-ass sh!t). << Energy: Gore would've slammed price caps on in a heartbeat (liberal compassion) AND would've nationalized the energy industry to SHUT IT DOWN. Gore is/was/will always be an environmental extremist and is little...
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- Post #7
- Jul 7, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Group Wants Constitution to Protect Pigs

Why make pigs a special case? What about horses, dogs, cats and other animals? The constitution protects "inalienable human rights as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Keep it that way. If you want to protect animals, campaign for a new animal rights bill!
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- Post #3
- Jul 7, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Who's bored the phvck out of their minds right now?

Me too. Just going round and round the same websites... Zzzz...
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- Post #3
- Jul 1, 2001
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Compiling a new kernel in linux - and XFree86 all of sudden doesn't work?

Is your graphics card AGP? If so, did you compile in support for AGP [assuming your compiling a new kernel]? I kept forgetting to do this when I first started compiling kernels with an AGP-equipped system. I'm using Windows so I can't tell you exactly where the option is in the configuration.
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- Post #6
- Jul 1, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Weird Gigabyte 7DXR reboot problem

Thanks for the replies guys. Yes, I do have a Netgear 311 card... Time to buy a new one, methinks...
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- Post #4
- Jun 30, 2001
- Forum: Motherboards
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Weird Gigabyte 7DXR reboot problem

Hi folks I got a Gigabyte 7DXR today (the one with the RAID on it), took it out of its box, installed it and hey presto, it works first time and boots into Windows 98 successfully. However... 1. When I try and turn the computer off using the switch at the front, it won't turn off! It either...
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- Thread
- Jun 29, 2001
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Motherboards
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what has been the most unreliable h/w and s/w component in your systems?

The most unreliable component in my system is me, as I keep breaking things - installations of Linux, Windows, bending pins on floppy drives and so on. My processor got fried on Tuesday so I've just ordered another one of those... and a new motherboard. Unreliable bits: 1. My Laserjet 5L...
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- Post #41
- Jun 28, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Mac G4 500mhz = 1.2ghz Thunderbird ?

LOL! Does it come in a choice of colors? BTW, I used to own a 667Mhz G4 Mac and it was miles slower even than my old 800Mhz Tbird system... It was very pretty though (all style and no substance).
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- Post #16
- Jun 24, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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About DVDRoms.. Just bought one.. What are 'Regions'? and more Qs

The whole of the US (and rest of North America) is Region 1 - there's no East coast/West coast distinction. Europe and Japan are Region 2, so unless your player is modified to be region-free, don't buy any DVDs from Europe/Japan/anywhere else if you ever come over on vacation...
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- Post #5
- Jun 12, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Spoofing MAC addresses

Hi I want to set up a small network at home (three PCs and one Mac) so that they can share a broadband cable modem connection. I am going to buy a router - Linksys BEFSR41, a bunch of Cat 5 cables and a NCI card for each PC (Mac has built-in Ethernet). So far as I can find out, I need to plug...
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- Thread
- May 23, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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Can Linux "see" hard drive on a Promise Ultra100?

Yes, it should do, but you might have to hook it up to your motherboard whilst you install Linux and then swap the drive over (that's what I had to do with Suse 7 but it might be different on other distros). You may also have to recompile the kernel to include the Promise driver.
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- Post #2
- Mar 7, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Poll: What is your favorite OS?

1. RISC OS (it looks good and it's had anti-aliased fonts since 1988, it's all in ROM so it's lightening fast and it hardly ever crashes. Unforunately you can't run it on PCs or Macs). 2. OS X 3. Linux 4. Win 3.1 (yes, really: no stupid wizards or bloat).
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- Post #43
- Mar 5, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Calling all Linux gurus: Can I get my Highpoint 370 ATA100 controller working under Linux?

I used to have an Abit KT7-RAID motherboard which (as you probably know) has an onboard HPT370. You need to recompile your kernel if it doesn't work out of the box and if you can't find a pre-built one (make sure it's 2.4.0 or better) and turn on support for the Highpoint. There are plenty of...
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- Post #3
- Feb 19, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Pics for WinXP

I hope not (it might be a useful feature) but Bill will probably not want to get indundated with bug reports and people saying "This is a POS, Bill, give me Windows 98/2K/3.1 back." WinXP is a triumph of style over substance. M$ are good at adding features for stupid people who think...
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- Post #44
- Feb 14, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building

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